- 9 January: 10th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas kicks off in Jaipur.[2] Chief guest – kamala Prasad Bisseasar,Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
- 11 January: 42% of Indian children are malnourished – Hunger and Malnutrition (Hungama) report.
- 13 January: 5 million students perform Surya namaskar in MP.
- 19 January: Delhi High Court grants bail for Suresh Kalmadi in Commonwealth Games Scam.
- 26 January: Nation displays military might on 63rd Republic Day;Thailand prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, chief guest of India's 63rd Republic Day celebrations.
- 2 February: Supreme Court cancels all 122 licences given by A Raja in 2G spectrum scam.[3]
- 5 February: Special CBI court dismisses Subramanian Swamy's petition to prosecute Home Minister P.Chidambaram in 2G scam.[4]
- 8 February: Three Bharatiya Janata Party Ministers caught watching objectionable video clip in Karnataka Assembly, Resigns.[5]
- 11 February: Army Chief V.K.Singh withdraws petition from Supreme Court in age-controversy.;[6] Advanced Interceptor missile is successfully test-fired.[7]
- 3 March: State Assembly election process comes to an end in Uttar Pradesh and Goa.[11]
- 6 March: Election results for five state assemblies are announced; Samajwadi Party (Uttar Pradesh), Bhartiya Janata Party (Goa), Indian National Congress (Manipur & Uttarakhand),Shiromani Akali Dal – BJP combine (Punjab) emerge winners.[12]
- 14 March: Irom Sharmila fast against AFSPA goes on for 11 years. Indian Rail Budget 2012–13 presented by Rail Minister Sh. Dinesh Trivedi.
- 16 March: Union Budget for 2012–13 is presented by Finance Minister Sh. Pranab Mukherjee.[13]
- 18 March: Dinesh Trivedi steps down as Railways Minister after pressure from TMC.[14]
- 21 March: Soumitra Chatterjee selected for Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2011.
- 22 March: India votes against Sri Lanka on the resolution to 'credibly investigate' allegations of violations during the war against Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 2009 in the United Nations Human Rights Council.[15]
- 29 March: India hosts 4th BRICS summit at New Delhi. Heads of state of Brazil, Russia, China and South-Africa are hosted by India.[16]
- 8 April: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari visits India on a personal visit to Ajmer Sharif.[17]
- 11 April: magnitude 8.6 Mw earthquake hits Indonesia near the province of Aceh, tremors felt in Chennai and Kolkata.[18]
- 12 April: 18 get life term for Ode village massacre during 2002 Gujrat riots.[19]
- 18 April: Major fire in the signalling system at Kurla brings Central line and Harbour line of Mumbai Suburban Railway to a standstill and two commuters lose their lives after falling off an overcrowded local train.[21] The loss was expected to be
170 million (US$3.1 million) to the Central Railway.[22]
- 21 April: Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon kidnapped by Maoists in Chhattisgarh.[24]
- 24 April: Two NRI kids return to Kolkata after long legal struggle with CWS Norway.[25]
- 26 April: Sachin Tendulkar, Rekha and Anu Aga nominated to Rajya Sabha by the President of India.[26] Abducted BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka released by maoists after 33 days of captivity.[27]
- 1 May: More than 100 feared dead after a ferry capsizes in Brahmaputra river, Assam.[28]
- 3 May: Maoists released the Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon after 12 days of hostage[29]
- 7 May: Finance Minister postpones GAAR (General Anti Avoidance Rules) implementation till 2013.[30]
- 13 May: Indian parliament celebrates 60th anniversary.[33]
- 27 May: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) win the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League[36]
- 31 May: Bikram Singh takes over as Indian Army Chief.[37] 11th Indian Telly Awards were held.
- 1 June: Brahmeshwar Singh, chief of banned Ranvir Sena, is killed by unidentified assailants.[38]
- 5 June: Sachin Tendulkar takes oath as member of Rajya Sabha.[39]
- 11 June: VS Sampath takes over as new CEC.[40]
- 15 June:Pranab Mukherjee is UPA candidate for president.[41]
- 22 June: Calcutta High Court strikes down Singur Land Act of Mamta Banerjee government.[43]
- 26 June: 26/11 handler Abu Jundal is arrested by Delhi Police.[44]
- 28 June: Surjeet Singh returns home after 30 years in Pakistan jail.[45]
- 30 June: 19 Maoists killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh.[46]
- 4 July: Ashok Chavan named in Adarsh chargesheet.[47]
- 6 July: Disproportionate assets case against Mayawati quashed by Supreme Court.[48]
- 7 July: Popular Time magazine dubs Manmohan Singh as 'underachiever'.
- 12 July: Jagadish Shettar sworn in as new Karnataka Chief Minister.[49]
- 14 July: Hamid Ansari chosen as UPA nominee for vice-president.[51]
- 20 July: Assam Violence breaks out in Kokrajhar district and adjoining areas
- 22 July: Pranab Mukherjee is elected as India's 13th president.[52]
- 25 July: Pranab Mukherjee takes over the post of President of India
- 27 July: London olympics 2012 from 27 July to 12 Aug
- 8 August: Incident of violence against North-Eastern people in Pune as repercussion of Assam Violence following which exodus of thousands of North-Eastern people from Bangalore due to a rumour circulated among them through SMS & MMS that they would be attacked after Eid
- 10 August: Hamid Ansari again elected as consecutively second vice-president of India after Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 11 August: Violence in Azad Maidan in Mumbai
- 12 August: London Olympics, This was India's most successful Olympics in terms of total medal tally, having won a total of 6 medals (0 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze)
- 14 August: Union Minister for Science And Technology and Ex Chief Minister Of Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh passes away.
- 17 August: Bulk SMS & MMS banned in India for 15 days to prevent a rumour of ensuing violence against NE people by Muslim fundamentalists
- 19 September: CBI makes first arrests in Assam Violence cases.[53] Mohammed Hashem Ali, Mohammed Adom Ali Sheikh, Mohammed Hashim Ali Rehman, Mohammed Qurban Ali Sheikh, Mohammed Imran Hussain were arrested after detailed questioning by agency sleuths.
- 1st: International Bio-diversity conference held at Hyderabad.
- 21 November: Ajmal Kasab hanged on account of the 2008 Mumbai Attacks.
- 16 December: A female physiotherapy student was beaten and gang raped in Delhi, when the victim and a male companion boarded a bus in South Delhi in the evening, after watching a movie. The incident created huge outrage across the country and forced the Government of India to react and work on safety for women. Public protests took place in Delhi, where thousands of protesters clashed with police, and other force units.
- 20 December: Narendra Modi (Chief Minister of Gujarat) wins third consecutive assembly election. Virbahdra Singh wins election in Himachal Pradesh[54]
Incumbents[edit]
President: Mr. Pranab Mukherjee
Prime Minister: Dr. Manmohan Singh
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